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Day 96 – Wabi Sabi

WabiSabi

As you might imagine as I approach the end of the project I am running out of ideas, not to mention enthusiasm. I had purchased these Dutch Iris at Trader Joe’s last week but before I got around to photographing them they curled up and died. But I thought they might be interesting to photograph on my new light pad and with a well chosen texture I found the result rather pleasing in a perfectly imperfect sort of way.

And from John O’Donohue:

A person’s beauty is sophisticated and sacred and is far beyond image, appearance or personality.

Day 95 – Another Hydrangea

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Here is another dreamy hydrangea for you.

From John O’Donohue:

Beauty is substance and is never present merely as a naive apparition in the vicinity of things.

Day 94 – Hydrangea

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One of the new techniques I learned in my workshop was an in camera double exposure, one in focus and one completely out of focus to create a dreamy misty look. This is one of my first attempts. Hope you enjoy.

From John O’Donohue:

The beauty of the imagination is that it can discover such magnificent vastness inside a tiny space.

Day 93 – Dancing Elder

Oldage

And the last from the rose garden. The dancing petals of a rose in decline.

I’m hoping I’m not repeating myself with the John O’Donohue quotes as I run through the book for a second time. I may not have marked all the ones I used before but they are still meaningful and, well, beautiful. For today:

The Beauty of the earth is the first beauty, millions of years before us the earth lived in wild elegance.

Day 92 – Rosebud

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Hardly know what I’m going to do with myself now that my photography class is over. Oh, wait, I have a new puppy who requires 24/7 attention. Of course, he’s been asleep since noon but I still have to pay attention in case he wakes up!

From John O’Donohue:

In order to be more attentive to beauty, we need to rediscover the art of reverence.

Day 91 – Soft focus Rose

SoftRose

It was back to the Rose Garden today. The assignment was to photograph a flower in all of it’s phases. This was my favorite. The rest you will be seeing in the next few days.

From John O’Donohue:

Beauty induces atmosphere and spirit: wonder, delicious turbulence, love, longing, and a trembling delight.

Day 90 – Sunflower Abstract

Sunflower

So I went by Petco the other day to pick up puppy supplies and figured I might as well grab some flowers from Trader Joe while I was there. I really like the abstract look of these dancing sunflower petals and the added texture just added to the painterly look.

Today’s thought from John O’Donohue:

In its encounter with us beauty invites our dignity and graciousness.

Day 89 – Puppy

Puppy

Since it looks like I won’t be getting out much for awhile I decided it was time to get a dog. Haven’t quite decided on his name yet.

From John O’Donohue:

When Beauty touches our lives, the moment becomes luminous.

Day 88 – Another Red Poppy

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This week’s assignment was about backgrounds so I went back to the Red Poppy garden with a wide angle lens to get some out of focus flowers in the background.

From John O’Donohue:

Beauty is not to be captured or controlled for there is something intrinsically elusive in its nature.

Day 87 – Dancing Tulip

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One of the new tricks I learned this week was shooting a flower on a lightbox and then adding a texture to replace the white background. Since my tulips from last week were going south I thought I would give it a try.

From John O’Donohue:

To experience beauty is to have your life enlarged.